David Braeutigam is an experienced Healthcare Technology Management consultant with an extensive background in biomedical and clinical engineering operations. Since 1979, David has focused on developing leaders, improving customer satisfaction, expanding in-house biomedical and clinical engineering departments, supporting certification, leading benchmarking, publishing numerous articles in trade magazines and speaking at local and national associations.

David routinely speaks at national and local conferences. He recently presented at MDExpo Houston 2019 on "The Future of HTM and Healthcare". At the 2018 AAMI Conference he spoke about Benchmarking.

He has also published numerous articles on the HTM field. A March 2016 blog on AAMI's site on "Who is Servicing the Non-Hospital AEDs" can be read here. In 2017 he published funny stories he collected over the years in Tales of the Biomed. You can purchase the book on Amazon. In 2018 he helped update the 2nd edition of the HTM Benchmarking Guide with Matt Baretich, Frank Painter and Ted Cohen. You can download a free copy here. In April 2018 David published a blog on To the 'Geeks' Go the Spoils. You can read the blog here. David also wrote a blog for AAMI in December 2018 about Cybersecurity here. He also wrote a chapter in a new book published in 2019 titledCareers in Biomedical Engineering on Freelance Opportunities. You can purchase the book on Elsevier's website here. David's latest blog on the future of HTM can be found
here.

David is certified as a Healthcare Technology Manager (CHTM), certified as a Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET), certified in Microsoft Networking and is certified in Information Technology Best Practice (ITIL).

David has a MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas and a BBA from the University of Texas at Arlington.

David was recently selected in the inaugural class of Fellows for AAMI. You can read about it HERE.